Put my dog over the table for a pre-kenneling vet check today.
The vet proceeded to squeeze his left wrist so hard, using both hands, until the dog gave a yelp, then scratched him.
This is a dog that ran 3 days ago and won by 9.75l.
This dog had stopper bone issues about 30 races ago. He has been managed after every race since then and we know exactly how to handle him. He has won over $40k for us and our aim is to race him for at least another 12 months. We would never ever race him, or any other dog, if they were not able to run to 100% of their ability.
This is him 20 minutes ago.
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Unfortunately my whinge does not end here.
My bitch was sent out favourite but missed the start a bit which at Gawler, makes it very hard to recover. She finished 7th and was then vetted.
The same vet went over the same leg 3 times and moved the leg in ways I have never seen a vet do before. She poked into the muscle so hard that the bitch had to give a little squeal. 14 days.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this bitch. Nothing.
The diagnosis was not monkey muscle or infraspinatus, it was 'something up there'. Officially it is shoulder and elbow soreness.

I've never seen anything like it. I felt targeted today.
Very upsetting.

People read this forum and i suspect you have said or done something others believe maybe was not in the best interest to them personally.

Many who speak out have been targeted and the trend continues ....

I suspect you will be swabbed before after and during as well .
Kennel inspections ...
Make sure your treatment records are up to date ....
Don't feed any product with b12 .
Use fresh meat .and a good clean Kibble .

it could be classed as a X file type thing Mate but you are not alone ...

I could write a book on what the PTB HAVE DONE TO PARTICIPANTS...

Best to record all contact with any official .....

I should add that I have respect for good vets and have never had an issue with any track vet before.
And I'm trialling the dog tomorrow at Horsham because there is nothing wrong with him.

Kevvy, I dont give a rats if they swab me every day of the week or check my kennels. I have no issue with that or anything else they do in either state.
But as it stands, if that vet is on duty next time I race, I'll be emptying the dogs then putting them back in the trailer and going home.

Some of the latest stories to surface by the PTB are disgusting ...on Members
Nothing surprises me these days and you will also get late races and harder races and bad boxes ..
Expect some repercussions as that seems to have always been their greatest weapon when dealing with smaller problem OTB ....

Look at it this way James ...
You now have joined a special club .......so now make the most of it like i do and run amuck ....

There is always a agenda ....did you see the Vet check the other dogs the same way .....
Over the years i have checked the odd dog or two and yes you can make a dog yelp or collapse and you will find older dogs get a bit stiff in joints.
when opposite force is applied against the Joint you can in fact hurt the dog and some dogs wrist are stiff and some are so supple you could twist them any way and get no reaction...
Each dog is different and it is up to us to make sure the Vets do not over extend these joints .... you done your job Mate ..The Vet didn't

Nothing like a good conspiracy theory ...

Anyway Jamie, it certainly seems like some "over zealous" action on the Vet's part in this instance(s). And it does make one wonder about the "qualifications" of SOME of these "experts" that are sitting in judgement on "our" runners at these meetings...

And you make a very pertinent point: There would be next to NO Trainers that would want to deliberately run a dog that's sore, or unable to do it's best. The mind boggles (but perhaps not quite as much as Big Kev's).

Sounds dramatic but in the real world organisations listen to a lawyer not complaining trainers.

In one ear out the next.

Best of advice of all

Drive to Melbourne and get two reports, one from Alistair @ Sandown and one from Des Fegan.

Then put this anti-greyhound racing vet in its place

You would know better than me Ray, that anything I put in my email to the integrity officer at grsa will be ignored because the vet is a vet and I'm a mere trainer. Worse than that, I'm an interstate trainer.
So this forum is the only place where trainers can put their point across.
Im sure she is a very good vet and extremely knowledgeable.
But in my opinion, her examination of my first dog Signal Peak was excessive. This dog has an old stopper injury and he doesn't like having his wrist snapped back like that. She did it 3 times and used both hands on the 3rd attempt.
Then her assessment of Jacqui Blax was, in my opinion, a desperate attempt to find something. JB was only vetted because she was favorite.
I found the vets demeanour towards me as dismissive and offensive.
I would love the chance to meet with her at the grsa office and explain why I feel this way.
And Ray, there were other people who witnessed all this. You were not one of them.

Don't know you or the vet involved however as an owner I know how you feel.

Trainer tells Vet what to do = vet is wrong
Owner tells trainer what to do = owner has no idea

I'm not trying to be a smart arse but as a trainer you wouldn't like your owners telling you how to do "your job" and i'm assuming the vet didn't want you telling her how to do "her job"

You mention "I found the vets demeanour towards me as dismissive and offensive" - owners feel like this all the time.

Just food for thought.